Custom Nummech Fastback feedneck adapter is on!

It is installed and it is perfect! Nummech took my measurements and made an adapter that I couldn't be happier with. I finally have the perfect modern clamping feedneck on my Fastback. The feedneck is an Inception Designs FLE clamping feedneck. The adapter is made by Nummech.

It is installed and it is perfect! Nummech took my measurements and made an adapter that I couldn't be happier with. I finally have the perfect modern clamping feedneck on my Fastback. The feedneck is an Inception Designs FLE clamping feedneck. The adapter is made by Nummech.

Trust me, if we'd had a system like that back when the body was designed, we'd have used it in a heartbeat. But at the time- circa 2004, some 13 years ago (!) - the Angel feed neck thread was pretty much the standard, and looking back, would more or less remain so for another three or four years.

The big recession of 2007-2008, however, killed several of the aftermarket companies that supplied replacement necks (KAPP, Shocktech, etc.) and shortly after that, even helped kill WDP itself.

Without the aftermarket support, and few guns coming with the thread stock (DYE had their own thread by that time, and Smart Parts had always kept their own, plus Bob Long and WGP had theirs) it kind of fell by the wayside.

I completely understand Doc. I hope my post didn't come off as an insult to you? That was not my intention.

I am just so happy that I found a solution for my Fastback feedneck. When I used it in the Atlantic City NXL event Simon from Inception Designs actually recognized it and knew it was your handy work. He was happy to see me playing Xball with it. I got a lot of compliments on it. Lots of thumbs ups from the sidelines.

Trust me, if we'd had a system like that back when the body was designed, we'd have used it in a heartbeat. But at the time- circa 2004, some 13 years ago (!) - the Angel feed neck thread was pretty much the standard, and looking back, would more or less remain so for another three or four years.

The big recession of 2007-2008, however, killed several of the aftermarket companies that supplied replacement necks (KAPP, Shocktech, etc.) and shortly after that, even helped kill WDP itself.

Without the aftermarket support, and few guns coming with the thread stock (DYE had their own thread by that time, and Smart Parts had always kept their own, plus Bob Long and WGP had theirs) it kind of fell by the wayside.

Doc.

The boss-latching system didn't become popular until fairly recently, like 3 years ago I would say. Eclipse started using it in 05 (although their spec is different than Empire, and the 05-06 Ego used a different size than the newer Eclipse markers) but the rise of a standardized accessory feedneck really helped to push it as of late. Empire released it back with the new Sniper and Resurrection Autococker, but the same system can be used with anybody's feedneck now which makes things easy.

I now make over 20 different adapters spread across the entire spectrum of marker threads and heights, and there's surely more to come. It's a pain to figure everything out but fortunately I've already done most of the legwork since I name each adapter with its height in inches which can be viewed right on the nummech website for instance this particular adapter is 0.625" tall overall. Easy for you or anybody to make more!

I completely understand Doc. I hope my post didn't come off as an insult to you? That was not my intention.

I am just so happy that I found a solution for my Fastback feedneck. When I used it in the Atlantic City NXL event Simon from Inception Designs actually recognized it and knew it was your handy work. He was happy to see me playing Xball with it. I got a lot of compliments on it. Lots of thumbs ups from the sidelines.

Oh no, I didn't take it as any kind of jab or insult, I wrote that basically just as an interesting aside on how the concept has changed over the years.

There's a lot of "legacy" stuff that we're still using today, that's now some thirty years old- the ASA thread, 'Cocker threads, etc.- that really wasn't "designed" or "planned", it was simply the luck of the draw that this or that wound up more successful than those others.

The Angel thread was popular kind of because it was popular. Angels were some of the most popular markers out there, and of course the aftermarket companies made tons of parts for them- including new feed necks.

A few other companies looked at the availability of the Angel necks (high, low, clamping, you name it) and decided to incorporate it into their markers- the AGD ULE body is one notable example.

We kind of just followed the trend, on the Fastbacks. Although the neck was even back then known to be a bit weak in the threads, considering how tiny they were, so in the FB, we added additional reinforcement to stabilize the necks.

But yeah, you can be sure that if I were to ever to a fresh run of new Fasties, it'd have the Inception boss on it.

I recently just took my wife paintballing for her first time and she really liked it. I'd love to get back into it, and only have a sniper-converted shocketch cocker. An E2 fastback with all the tweaks would be amazing as my "shit's getting serious" marker.

Here's the pics (resized a little). I'd love to see one of the whole marker all ready to be used!

If you can host these for me that would be great. I know these aren't the best pics but it should give you a good idea of how the gun looks. I recently bought a Hybrid Iron cross eye cover but it doesn't match up well with the Fastback body. So for now I am still using the stock Eclipse eye cover.